Camping toaster

ABSTRACT

A device for cooking toast over a gas burner or flame consisting of a rectangular pan with holes in the bottom, and a wire screen member for holding the bread, said wire screen resting on the top of the sides of pan, in the area directly above the pan holes.

United States Patent 1191 W lls Feb. 26, 1974 CAMPING TOASTER 1,698,933 1/1929 Chartier 99/447 2,413,204 12/1946 Wolff 99/447 [75] Invenmr- John Alexander wlus Vern, 2,417,266 3/1947 Petrakakis 99 447 Canada 2,521,355 9/1950 Kodadek et al 99/339 [73] Assignee: The Raymond Lee Organization, 2,597,477 5/1952 Haislip 126/25 R Inc New York NY 3,416,510 l2/l968 Paulson 126/25 R 3,478,733 11/1969 Meyerhoefer 126/25 R X [22] Filed: May 15, 1972 Primary Examinerl-larvey C. Hornsby [21] Appl' Assistant ExaminerArthur 0. Henderson Attorney, Agent, or Firm--Howard l. Podell [52] US. Cl 99/339, 99/385, 99/447, 99/450 51 1- 1111. C1. A47] 37/08 [57] BSIRACT 58 Field of Search 99/339, 447, 449, 450, 385, A device for cooking wast over a gas burner 9r flame 99/401 44 12 9 25 consisting of a rectangular pan with holes in the bottom, and a wire screen member for holding the bread, [56 References Ci d said wire screen resting on the top of the sides of pan,

in the area directly above the pan holes.

1 Claim, 2 Drawing Figures CAMPING TOASTER SUMMARY'OF THE INVENTION:

BRIEFDESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING The objects and features of the invention may be understood with reference to the following detailed description of an illustrative embodiment of the invention taken together with the accompanying drawing in which:

FIG. 1 is an exploded view of the pan and the toasting I screen; and

FIG. 2 is an end view in cross-section of the pan with screen in place.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT Turning now descriptively to the drawing in which similar reference characters denote similar elements throughout the several views, FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 illustrate the toaster which consists of two pieces, a pan with holes 11 in the bottom 13, and a screen 15 of expanded metal with holes 16 throughout the surface. The slide lips 17 of the screen 15 rest on the sides 12 folding about said sides of the toaster pan 10, as well as on folded legs 18 which fit into the pan 10 and rest on the pan bottom 13.

The rate of toasting of a slice of bread, which is laid on the top of the screen 15, is dependent upon the size of holes 11 in the bottom 13 of the pan 10.

The bottom 13 is perforated with holes 11 directly under the upraised top 20 of screen 15, leaving the sides of the bottom 13 unperforated directly under the end sections 19 of screen 15. End section 19 may be used as a warming area for finished toast and other foods, being shielded from the direct heat of the flame by the unperforated section of bottom 13.

The dimensions of a preferred embodiment of the pan 10 is 9-% inches long by 5-% inches wide by 2-% inches deep, and the bottom legs 18 keep the base of the screen 15 from three-eighth inch to one-half inch off the bottom 13 of the pan 10.

Since obvious changes may be made in the specific embodment of the invention described herein without departing from the scope thereof, it is indicated that all matter contained herein is intended to be interpreted in an illustrative and not a limiting sense.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. A portable device for the toasting of bread over a campfire or a gas range or other external source of heat consisting of a rectangular open top metal pan with a series of holes in the middle section of the bottom of said pan to regulate the amount of heat which enters the pan from the external heat source and a screen of expanded metal having two opposite end sections and a middle section, the middle section resting on top of the open sides of said rectangular metal pan, so that a layer of bread laid upon the top of the middle section of said screen will be uniformly toasted on its underside, with the said end sections of the screen of expanded metal being stepped and the plane of each end section being parallel to the plane of the middle section of the screen, each end section being of such a size such that they lie below the top of the metal pan and closely adjacent said bottom of said pan, when the middle section of the screen rests on top of the pan sides, said end sections being used for the purpose of retaining toasted bread in a warm condition, outside of said openings in said bottom of said pan, with the length and width of the middle section and each end section of the screen being of the general dimensions of a slice of bread, and with the holes I in the middle section of the bottom of the pan lying directly below the middle section of the screen, in the assembled mode, when the pan is mounted over a source of heat. 

1. A portable device for the toasting of bread over a campfire or a gas range or other external source of heat consisting of A RECTANGULAR OPEN TOP METAL PAN WITH A SERIES OF HOLES IN THE MIDDLE SECTION OF THE BOTTOM OF SAID PAN TO REGULATE THE AMOUNT OF HEAT WHICH ENTERS THE PAN FROM THE EXTERNAL HEAT SOURCE AND A SCREEN OF EXPANDED METAL HAVING TWO OPPOSITE END SECTIONS AND A MIDDLE SECTION, THE MIDDLE SECTION RESTING ON TOP OF THE OPEN SIDES OF SAID RECTANGULAR METAL PAN, SO THAT A LAYER OF BREAD LAID UPON THE TOP OF THE MIDDLE SECTION OF SAID SCREEN WILL BE UNIFORMLY TOASTED ON ITS UNDERSIDE, WITH THE SAID END SECTIONS OF THE SCREEN OF EXPANDED METAL BEING STEPPED AND THE PLANE OF EACH END SECTION BEING PARALLEL TO THE PLANE OF THE MIDDLE SECTION OF THE SCREEN, EACH END SECTION BEING OF SUCH A SIZE SUCH THAT THEY LIE BELOW THE TOP OF THE METAL PAN AND CLOSELY ADJACENT SAID BOTTOM OF SAID PAN, WHEN THE MIDDLE SECTION OF THE SCREEN RESTS ON TOP OF THE PAN SIDES, SAID END SECTIONS BEING USED FOR THE PURPOSE OF RETAINING TOASTED BREAD IN A WARM CONDITION, OUTSIDE OF SAID OPENINGS IN SAID BOTTOM OF SAID PAN, WITH THE LENGTH AND WIDTH OF THE MIDDLE SECTION AND EACH END SECTION OF THE SCREEN BEING OF THE GENERAL DIMENSIONS OF A SLICE OF BREAD, AND WITH THE HOLES IN THE MIDDLE SECTION OF THE BOTTOM OF THE PAN LYING DIRECTLY BELOW THE MIDDLE SECTION OF THE SCREEN, IN THE ASSEMBLED MODE, WHEN THE PAN IS MOUNTED OVER A SOURCE OF HEAT. 